Recent content by jffdejongh

I really appreciate the comments from everyone. I have many other projects I can occupy my time with that will be more satisfying for me. I think I'll chalk this up to helping my neighbor remove an unwanted, with out canoe to the dump for her. Possibly make a cute yard decoration.

A neighbor gave me this canoe from under her porch. At first she thought it was a cedar canvas old town. As you can see from the picture, it's a 13 ft Mansfield built in 1982 by Stowe canoe company. 1.Some of the cherry rib veneer are cracked and pulled away. 2. The floor fiberglass has...

Nice job! My usual canoeing buddy uses a RX penobscot and really enjoys it on our annual Allagash trips. I really love your new solo seat!!!

Like many others, I stay folding my tents by 1/3s then roll. I think it keeps the dampness away from the canopy of the tent. I then stuff the fly.

I think I'm going to try the titebond foam canoe trip mentioned above. The bow tank is in good shape and really only needs a little foam added on the sides. The stern needs more foam but I'm pretty sure that the original billet is going to be really hard to get out through the smallish hole at...

Thanks!

Awesome, thanks.

How long ago did you die this repair? I did a little reading and some days the box store stuff isn't great if the skin gets broken because it will absorb water. This makes me mean more towards cleaning out the crusty foam and sealing the end up with glass. (Possibly kevlar too see how hard it...

That's would certainly save a step if I'm not refilling the bulkhead with more foam. It also looks like you didn't remake the deck plates. What's the black Velcro looking thing on the top of the bulkhead?

That makes a lot of sense and was kind of what I was thinking. I think I'll cut back the kevlar a little too make it easier to clean out the stern bulkhead. Did you just use regular spray foam from one of the box stores?

I just took the old gunwales off the malecite I bought last fall. There was rot in both ends of the gunwales and I noticed some mouse nest debris in the stern. And that is obviously not sealed The bow is in great shape It looks like that the foam is pre-cut and placed in the bulkhead space...

That's awesome to Machine foam like that!

That's a great trip even seeing a moose would be a bonus.

Here's my answer from Maine breezy but 70. It's crazy warm for this time of year.

It's awesome if you can get it! That's what an outfitter I alleged for used and we beat them mercilessly and they held up so well.